A1 · Everyday life

Im Café

Ordering a coffee, asking the price, and paying politely. Everything on this page works without an account. Words you save and progress you make here stay on this device and carry over when you create your account.

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A1Everyday life4 minCore German

Im Café

Ordering a coffee, asking the price, and paying politely.

  • Ordering with ich möchte
  • Asking a price with Was kostet …?
  • Polite bitte and danke
  • Café nouns and their articles

Step 2 · Vocabulary preview

Wortschatz

  • derKaffee

    coffee

    Plural: die Kaffees

  • dasWasser

    water

  • dieRechnung

    bill, check

    Plural: die Rechnungen

  • verb / phraseich möchte

    I would like

  • verb / phraseWas kostet …?

    How much is …?

  • verb / phrasebitte

    please / here you are

  • verb / phrasedanke

    thank you

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Herr Vogel

Guten Tag! Was möchten Sie?

Daniel Brooks

Ich möchte einen Kaffee, bitte.

Daniel Brooks

Was kostet der Kaffee?

Herr Vogel

Drei Euro zwanzig. Möchten Sie auch ein Wasser?

Daniel Brooks

Ja, gern. Und die Rechnung, bitte.

Herr Vogel

Bitte schön. Danke und einen schönen Tag!

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